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Flood Prevention
Photograph of rip-rapped farm pond, dam, and Bermuda grassed spillway which handled overflow water during hearby downpours.
Date:
April 13, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Confluence of Chickaskia and Salt Fork Rivers
Photograph of alfalfa field which is sloughting off into the Salt Fork River near its confluence with the Chickaskia. Approximately 20 acres of this 50 acre field has been washed into the river on this bend.
Date:
April 27, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stillwater Project
Photograph of bridge across the Salt Fork River on highway south of Ponca City which is endangered due to the large amount of debris which piled up against it when the river was flooding.
Date:
May 27, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stillwater Project
Photograph of bridge approach road in highway straight south of Ponca City. Wheat has been badly damaged where the Salt Fork Rivewr broke through and rushed down the raod scouring out dips at least 4 feet deep.
Date:
April 27, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stillwater Project
Photograph of cotton field which has been badly damaged where the Salt Fork River flooded out across a bend. The field is now filled with scurring channels 10 to 25 feet wide and 2 feet deep. Other parts of the field is silted in from 2 to 18 inches.
Date:
April 27, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bank Sloughing from Flood
Photograph of Section Line Road. Road is now abaandoned due to bank sloughing from flood on the Salt Fork River. About 35 feet of bank 220 yards long sloughed off in two days.
Date:
May 26, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stillwater Project
Photograph of field which has sloughed off 20 feet on a half mile band. Beside losing this land forever this farmer also lost 30 acres of wheat in a 50 acre field due to water running over field and silting. Salt Fork River
Date:
May 26, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stillwater Project
Photograph of bridge approach road in highway straight south of Ponca City. Wheat has been badly damaged where the Salt Fork Rivewr broke through and rushed down the raod scouring out dips at least 4 feet deep.
Date:
April 27, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pryor Project Will Rogers Ranch
Photograph of the Verdigris River forms the southern and eastern boundaries of the 1600 acre "Will Rogers Ranch". In dry summer months when creeks on the ranch run dry this river furnishes an invaluable water supply for the cattle. A water corral is fenced off in the river for the purpose.
Date:
April 18, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pryor Project Will Rogers Ranch
Photograph of the Verdigris River forms the southern and eastern boundaries of the 1600 acre "Will Rogers Ranch". In dry summer months when creeks on the ranch run dry this river furnishes an invaluable water supply for the cattle. A water corral is fenced off in the river for the purpose.
Date:
April 18, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bluestem Grass Holding Soil
Photograph of clumps or pedestals of soil held from eroding by bluestem grass.
Date:
October 31, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Clumps of Bluestem Holding Soil
Photograph of clumps or pedestals of soil held from eroding by bluestem grass.
Date:
October 31, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Red Plains Experiment Station
Photograph of clumps of pedestals of soil held from eroding by bluestem grass.
Date:
October 31, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Newly Constructed Water Outlet
Photograph of a newly constructed terrace and outlet channel. Outlet has been planted with Bermuda roots for four weeks and handles excess from fifty acres.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tree Planting
Photograph of Catalpa, locust, Osage, and mulberry trees on contour rows below a terraced field. These trees were planted in the spring of 1938 and have been cultivated twice. To be followed with later pictures.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Pasture
Photograph of contour pasture ridges with Bermuda grass on the ridges.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Strip Cropping
Photograph of a strip cropped area with wheat, oats, and sweet clover
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Verdigris River, Pryor Project (2)
Photograph of the Verdigris River which forms the southern and eastern boundaries of the 1600-acre "Will Rogers Ranch". In dry summer months when creeks on the ranch run dry this river furnishes an invaluable water supply for the cattle.
Date:
April 18, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Long View of Stripped Crop Area
Photograph of a long view of stripped crop area. Oats and wheat planted in rows.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Woodworking Shop at CCC Camp Purcell
Photograph of a woodworking shop at the CCC camp on the west edge.
Date:
May 3, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a farm pond with rip-rapped dam which was constructed by Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] labor. OK-6326.
Date:
April 13, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the Red Plains Experiment Station. An east farm gully control studies 4 ½ miles south of Guthrie, Oklahoma. Clumps of pedestals of soil held from eroding by bluestem grass. OK-6913.
Date:
October 31, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation Planning
Photograph of the Red Plains Experiment Station. The land has been out of cultivation for 25 years [as when the photo was taken]. No conservation methods have been practiced. This land has been grazed very lightly. OK-6912.
Date:
October 31, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the Red Plains Experiment Station. An east farm gully control studies 4 ½ miles south of Guthrie, Oklahoma. Clumps of pedestals of soil held from eroding by bluestem grass. OK-6915.
Date:
October 31, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History